| Large number of people together |
CROWD |
| Metric measure |
LITRE |
| Mishaps, chance events |
ACCIDENTS |
| Mouth of a volcano |
CRATER |
| Move silently and secretly |
CREEP |
| Neither one ... the other |
NOR |
| Not long ago |
RECENT |
| Only just or hardly even |
SCARCELY |
| Passes time or pays out |
SPENDS |
| Rapid spin of the body on the toes in ballet |
PIROUETTE |
| Refuse to acknowledge |
IGNORE |
| Sudden overpowering fright |
PANIC |
| Swellings filled with air or fluid |
BLISTERS |
| Unassuming, diffident |
MODEST |
| Unexpected or astonishing event |
SURPRISE |
| US general who became president, in short |
IKE |
| Vividly coloured bird |
PARROT |
| Where two lines meet to form an angle |
CORNER |
